The meeting of Voltaire, successful financier, famous poet and troublemaker, and the enchanting amateur physicist and countess ???milie du Ch???telet, was a meeting of both hearts and minds. In the Ch???teau de Cirey, the two brilliant intellects scandalised the French aristocracy with their passionate love affair and provoked revolutions both political and scientific with their groundbreaking work in literature, philosophy and physics. Nancy Mitford's account of the love affair of the Enlightenment is, in the author's own ...
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The meeting of Voltaire, successful financier, famous poet and troublemaker, and the enchanting amateur physicist and countess ???milie du Ch???telet, was a meeting of both hearts and minds. In the Ch???teau de Cirey, the two brilliant intellects scandalised the French aristocracy with their passionate love affair and provoked revolutions both political and scientific with their groundbreaking work in literature, philosophy and physics. Nancy Mitford's account of the love affair of the Enlightenment is, in the author's own words, 'a shriek from beginning to end'.
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Seller's Description:
Good. First edition copy. Collectible-Good. Good dust jacket. Owner's name on front endpage. Dust jacket price clipped. In protective mylar cover. (Voltaire, French Authors, Biography)
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Hardcover in very good condition. Inscription on the inside cover. Other than that, all inside pages are in great shape. Minor shelf wear to the dust jacket.
